UFC 87: Seek and Destroy Preview

August 9 2008 is UFC 87: Seek and Destroy, happening at Minneapolis, Minnesota's Target Center and broadcast live on Pay-Per-View.

Replacing UFC Hall of Famer and former PRIDE heavyweight star Mark "The Hammer" Coleman is Heath Herring (2-0 UFC: 28-13 MMA) as the man out to pummel Brock Lesnar (0-1 UFC: 1-1 MMA).

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Lightweight co-headliners are Kenny "KenFlo" Florian battling Roger "El Matador" Huerta.

Other fights slated for the main card include:

  • Georges "Rush" St. Pierre vs. Jon "Two Face" Fitch
  • Cheick "The French Sensation" Kongo vs. Dan Evensen
  • Demian Maia vs. Jason "The Athlete" MacDonald

Antonio Rodrigo is also on the fight card, against an as-of-yet unnamed opponent.

Lightweight Frankie Edgar will be stepping into the UFC 87 cage as well, looking to reclaim his good name after a loss by unanimous decision loss Gray Maynard.

And two The Ultimate Fighter 5 contenders, Rob Emerson (1-0 UFC: 7-6 MMA) and runner-up Manny Gamburyan (2-1 UFC: 8-2 MMA) will also face off.

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